Christa Slaton

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    Why does EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt still have a job? He’s defiantly loyal to Donald Trump and effectively pushes his agenda.

Why does EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt still have a job? He’s defiantly loyal to Donald Trump and effectively pushes his agenda.

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More than twenty Cabinet officers and high-level White House staffers have either resigned or have been fired from Donald Trump’s administration in less than 18-months. So why does the scandal-plagued Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, still have a job? Christa Slaton writes that much of Pruitt’s durability is down to his Trumpian attitude towards his critics, […]

June 22nd, 2018|Christa Slaton, Elections and party politics across the US|0 Comments|
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    Lavish travel by Cabinet members on the public’s dime shows the emptiness of Trump’s promise to “Drain the Swamp”

Lavish travel by Cabinet members on the public’s dime shows the emptiness of Trump’s promise to “Drain the Swamp”

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At the end of September, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, resigned following controversy over his use of private and government jets at taxpayer expense. Christa Slaton writes that Price and other Trump Cabinet officials’ use of private and government flights is a symptom of an administration – and a president – that is staffed by officials […]

October 9th, 2017|Christa Slaton, Democracy and culture|0 Comments|
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